Here is a review I managed to cobble together for the delightful website N-Europe. Apologies for the quality of the screens, there aren’t many about it seems.
Video Gains: A Man’s Guide for Game Music at the Gym Part 2
Posted: October 30, 2015 in FeatureTags: Courtesy, Crash Bandicoot, Derek Wheatley, gains, gym, Hog Wild, Mario Golf Toadstool Tour, Peach's Castle Grounds, Portal 2, super hexagon, video game, Whole Hog
Naturally there are more ch00ns out there from games for you to get your gains on to. I couldn’t stop at the ones provided, and let us be honest, why would I? You can’t always work out to four songs. People need variety at times. I go through periods of obsession where I get so caught up in a couple of songs that I listen to them constantly until I get tired of them. Currently it’s a lot of The Offspring songs. Anyways, on to the gains.
Video Gains: A Man’s Guide for Game Music at the Gym
Posted: October 5, 2015 in FeatureTags: Courtesy, Crash Bandicoot, Derek Wheatley, Duck Tales, gains, gym, Hog Wild, Mario Golf Toadstool Tour, Mario Kart, Peach's Castle Grounds, Pokémon, Portal 2, Stealth Inc, super hexagon, video game, Whole Hog
Ever since a Pure Gym opened rather close to my work, I’ve tried to attend at least thrice a week. It normally goes down to twice depending on bothered I can be and whether I brought my gym attire with me. Some people I know like to go to the gym together so they can spot each other and probably have a nice chat about the weather as they’re pumping iron. Personally I like to gym alone. Headphones in and let the melody dictate my pace. During some tracks I found myself going at a leisurely pace when the melody wasn’t that fast, but as the tempo kicked up my speed increased. Here shall be the archive of video game tracks that have found their way into my ears during a workout, updated whenever I find a new one, with some potential advice.
Many names for machines/equipment may not be their actual names, just what I call them in my head.
Oh, I also know bugger all about music.
(Nearly) ALL Ancient Origins English Scans!
Posted: August 11, 2015 in Card game, PokémonTags: Ace Trainer, Ampharos, Ancient Origins, Ariados, Dangerous Energy, English, EX, Flash Energy, Full art, Gardevoir, Giratina, Golurk, Goodra, Groudon, Hoopa, Kyogre, Kyurem, Level Ball, Lugia, Machamp, Malamar, Mega, Pokémon, Pre release Gyarados, Sableye, Scans, Sceptile, Spirit Link, TCG, Tyranitar, Unown, Vespiquen, Vileplume
Normally I, as well as many others, would use Pokébeach as a resource for getting my full set Pokémon TCG set scans way before it’s release. However they appear to be lax of late, I thought it might’ve just been me after being blocked from their Twitter for practically calling them frauds. Can post the picture again if you’d like. Other than that I thinkg they’ve been busy teaching their writers some bad habits – mainly to ensure they fellate themselves in the first couple of paragraphs and, if a “Premium Article”, try to suck up to you so you’ll pay for the rest.
Do excuse the past tense this article may contain. It was written and went online yesterday before the establishment opens. But the rest of the information is gold. Trust me.
Read the whole article at indiehaven.com
Belladonna advertises itself as a game about reanimated corpses and morality. Whilst the former is undeniable, the latter is something which one can take with a pinch of salt in its interpretation. I’ll come back to this bit later…
Review: Destiny Quest Infinite
Posted: March 28, 2015 in Indie, ReviewTags: adventure, Book, Derek Wheatley, Destiny Quest Infinite, indie haven, QuestForge
I almost never wrote this review. The original beta I was given to play crashed after a nice amount of progress on two occasions. Although third time is apparently the charm it wasn’t something I was willing to risk my time on…
Review: Munin
Posted: March 28, 2015 in ReviewsTags: Daedalic, Derek Wheatley, indie haven, Munin, Review
The ravens on mighty Odinn’s shoulders sit,
At daybreak to Midgardr they depart,
To eye all tidings of men they’ll there see,
Hugin and Munin, night after night
It’s hard to use the opening paragraph for a review to entice you when it’s a poem. Just click the link, it’s really good writing. Honest.
Read the rest of the review at indiehaven.com
Review: Super Win The Game
Posted: February 22, 2015 in Indie, ReviewsTags: Derek Wheatley, indie haven, J. Kyle Pittman, Minor Key Games, PirateHearts, Steam, Super Win
The first thing you may think when playing Super Win the Game is “pure plagiarism.” The sprites seem pulled from the source game – they have been subtly altered so they aren’t sprite copies, but the inspiration is obvious. Super Win borrows environments and elements from several well-known games.
Seeing the trailer for The Last Federation filled me with excitement. Seeing a diverse space world of nations going at it, while not new, seemed refreshing based on the gameplay. However I feel I may have hyped myself up too much for this.
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